The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-07
RArNsBORO.

July 9th, 1887.
sstu Roger hes been on The sick lls. for sey.
sTAi days. but u soma better,
| Hnsihsss has been lively In Squire Forpu.
aoA's coJrt for several days past
Nothing trAnspired here yesterday 10 remind
~ that 1t was The Fourth OF July.
V. y. Miller lost o fine young horue last
night, after several days sickness.
lsma Troth. Of Lynchburg, has been here
since last Friday ON legal business.
Rufus Foraker and wife, OF Littletop. have
been in this neighborhood several days.
Walter Sksen, Of the Greenfield pad factory.
spent the Fonrth with his parents here.
Isaac Taylor and wife, Of Cyntbisns. showed
their familiar faces in this vicinity Sabbath.
Henry Foraker and family, Il, K, Roads and
WIZ Roads went TO Sinking Spring yesterday.
Miss Ella Keelor closed her school st ths
Point Friday evening, under favorable auspices.
Misses Jessie and Stella spargur gave social
party TO number OF their young friends last
g. A. aosset. and wife spen, .he Sabbath
WIN friends In 9uckskin township, Ross
deofee Miller, q New 0rloans, has been the
days past.
Will Miller, q member Of the Scott Drssoons.
Thursday.
Daniel wyer, Of Washington q. H., was in
Of last week. r''
Rev. A. E. Wright, and Miss Katie Dewitt
attended the g. A. II. celebration at Sinking
Spring yesterday.
A. E. Evans and Andrew Holt have pur.
chased q new threshing machine, and began
operations yesterday.
Miaa AIica Ta ooert IL .,u.r 49, A..
visit among friends at Jefferson vile, New
Moorefeld and South Charleston.
Miss Ellen McHugh, who has been spen ding
several months with her brother, Rev. T.. Nc
Hugh, OF Bethany, came home last Saturday.
J. W. DeWitt's family attended the SUNDAY
School picnic at Cyntbiana Saturday. They
report an Interesting time but not very large
turnout.
Six creamery wagons are seen in our midst
every DAY, and while the prico per guage Of
cream is low, considerable money is put in cir.
culation.
refreshing shower yesterday evening
cheered the hearts Of the people, and nut new
life into vegetation, that was perishine for the
lack Of moisture.
Masters Roy and Percy Barrett, Of New Lex. |
ington, are visiting their grandparents, Mr.. |
an ana MRS. q: U. Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ |
Barrett, this week.
OF elsewhere. are making an unfavorable record |
in this vicinity also, by their destruction of |
the wheat before it is quite ripe.
0. 8. Price and James Reece, of the Citizens
Bank, Hillsboro, made short stop this morn
ing on their return from Rocky Fork Hotel.
where they had spent the Fourth.
Rev. Leslie Overman, of Alabama, and his
sister Sallie, Of Stringtown, passed through on
their way to the Rocky Fork Hotel Friday, as
did quite number from the Hill CITY and
Sinking Spring. The Sinking Spring reunion
at that point drew the crowd.
A few days since James Rowe was cropping
the large woods pasture of John Davis near
where the famous cyclone got in its work two
years ago, little dreaming Of danger, when all
Of sudden some unseen power struck him in
the rear and lifting him from the ground,
pitched him several PAGES, causing him to bite
the dust. Mr.. Rowe is naturally good -natured
fellow, but stands sufficiently on his dignity to
resent an insult when the provocation iustifes
it, hence he gathered himself up as quickly as
circumstances would admit, determined to
light II the foe was visible, and to his utter
there stood ram not with horns
caught in the bushes, like. unto one we read
about, but with head erect and all in readiness
for another blow. As no time was to be lost he
quickly armed himself with club and went
into the contest and came out victorious, with
out having received any injury except from
The first attack.